This is indeed not only relevant to Documentary but is evident is most type of film making. The film often mirrors the experience, understanding and politics of the director.
European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films.
I'm only wanted by directors for the image I give off, and it makes me angry. I always wanted to be an actor and not a beauty pageant winner.
Some directors were brilliant in the silent era but never felt at home in sound. It's like a sculptor being forced to take up painting.
I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.
My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.
I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.
Being an actor is great; you chill in your trailer, and they bring you a breakfast burrito and coffee. But as director, you're responsible for every little thing.
Do you imagine Sergio Leone with a philosophy? Come on! He was a primitive of movies, a great director on set.
I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of my weaknesses.
In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
The thing about For Better or Worse is the only thing that made me an okay director for that is that I have a sense of humor, and it was supposed to be funny.
A director recommended me for the role on 'Soap.' They said, 'She plays heavy roles, murderesses and the like.' He said, 'On stage, she could be very very funny.'
I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.
In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
I'm always surprised when some director says, 'When I saw this film, that changed my life.' I don't have that.
I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it's like learning everyday.
I love those films where I feel the director's confidence - where he doesn't need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.
Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
I don't like actors who try to talk directors into making their part bigger and that's really lame.
